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INOGATE & Energy standards

Standards enable access to markets and build trust, ensure good practice, increase competitiveness, protect consumers, improve efficiency and reduce risk. They enable technology transfer among countries. Standards should work together with the policies and regulations of companies, countries and regions. Where they are incompatible, consensus-building is essential to adopt and accept standards.

The lack of harmonisation of codes and practices in the electricity and gas sector are major obstacles to the convergence of energy markets between the EU and INOGATE Partner Countries (PCs). The old Soviet system, based on GOST standards, is being replaced by a new, voluntary system of standards which will reflect more fully the national standards of a country as used by its industry and its various stakeholders. Harmonisation with EU and International standards requires the adoption of new standards, amendment of existing technical regulations and development of new secondary legislation.

Since 2008, INOGATE has facilitated the adoption of 12 Euro-Asian Standardization Council (EASC) Inter-State gas standards by INOGATE PCs; they were based on translated EU and International standards. In addition to these Inter-State standards, EASC also provided the PCs with 100 translations of standards previosuly carried out by the INOGATE project. These standards are at different stages of adoption and readiness in PCs and are slowly being included as part of the National Standardisation Programmes for their adoption as national standards.

To prepare countries for this step, a series of seminars, conferences and study tours have been organised to familiarise PC delegates involved in standardization with how EU standardization systems work, the international bodies responsible for standardization (ISO, CEN/CENELEC, BSI) and important private companies that establish standards for industry around the world. INOGATE is supporting the establishment of technical committees on gas and electricity for the sustainable and effective harmonisation of specific standards in each INOGATE Partner Country.

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INOGATE sums up 20 years of activity at final high-level conference
14/04/2016 - Brussels, Belgium

Ministers, deputy-ministers and other high-ranking officials from INOGATE Partner Countries (PCs), Directors-General from the European Commission and European representatives of international financial organisations, energy agencies, the private s... Read more

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Accessibility and implementation of international technical regulations and standards in the oil and gas sectors in Georgia (Workshop)
12/04/2016 - Tbilisi, Georgia

The fundamental European standards have already been adopted by some countries in the INOGATE region. However, its implementation is delayed due to the inaccessibility of the secondary documents, i.e. technical regulations and standards of the ... Read more

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INOGATE & Energy standards

Activity Title ▴▾ Date ▾ Status ▴▾ Location Type
ITS Activity Completion Reports (ACR) 06/06/2016 - 07/06/2016 Completed Other Event
Reports and Studies
Assistance to the Ministry of Economy to adapt the draft electricity and gas laws provided by the ECT to the Moldovan environment 23/05/2016 - 23/05/2016 Completed Event
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Success stories 17/03/2016 - 17/04/2016 Completed Publications
Accessibility and implementation of international technical regulations and standards in the oil and gas sectors in Georgia (Workshop) (CWP 04.GE) 22/03/2016 - 22/03/2016 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Final Conference on “EU Energy Cooperation with Eastern Neighborhood and Central Asia” 17/03/2016 - 17/03/2016 Completed Brussels (Belgium) INOGATE Meetings
Event
INOGATE Regional and Country Work Plans 2015-2016 26/02/2015 - 26/02/2016 Ongoing Brussels (Belgium) Reports and Studies
Final conference on Road Maps and Action Plans for Standardisation. Regional Work Plan (RWP.05) 22/02/2016 - 25/02/2016 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Other Event
Georgia: Regional Workshop on “Gas infrastructure. Pipelines for maximum operating pressure over 16 bar. Functional requirements” 20/10/2015 - 22/10/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Regional Workshop on Gas Infrastructure and European standard EN1594:2013 20/10/2015 - 22/10/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Seminars & Workshops
Development of National Standardisation in the Electricity and Gas Sectors, CWP.04.MD (AHEF.073.MD) 28/09/2015 - 30/09/2015 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) Event
Other Event
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Informal meeting of the INOGATE Country Coordinators 28/09/2015 - 29/09/2015 Completed Kiev (Ukraine) Event
INOGATE Meetings
Executive summary of the 7th Interim Progress Report 01/02/2015 - 31/08/2015 Completed Reports and Studies
Multi-Annual Report 2012-2014 18/06/2015 - 18/06/2015 Completed Reports and Studies
Publications
INOGATE Country Coordinators and Country Experts informal meeting 27/04/2015 - 28/04/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) INOGATE Meetings
CENTRAL ASIA: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 24/04/2015 - 24/04/2015 Completed Astana (Kazakhstan) Event
Information Event
CAUCASUS: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 17/04/2015 - 17/04/2015 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Event
Information Event
EASTERN EUROPE: IEA / INOGATE Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Energy Policy Review publication launch event 15/04/2015 - 15/04/2015 Completed Chisinau (Moldova) Event
Information Event
EU: IEA / INOGATE Energy Policy Review of countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia - launch of the compendium publication in Brussels 13/04/2015 - 13/04/2015 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Information Event
New Guidelines & Application Form for Assistance under the ITS Ad Hoc Expert Facility (AHEF) 01/07/2012 - 01/04/2015 Completed Country Requests (AHEFS)
Event
INOGATE Newsletter 14/12/2012 - 31/01/2015 Completed Publications
Publications
Comp C: Capacity strengthening of the SWMCG by introducing applicable methods for assessing landfill gas potential at the existing dumpsites in Georgia (AHEF.GEO.096) 20/11/2014 - 25/11/2014 Completed Tbilisi (Georgia) Training Course
Country Requests (AHEFS)
Participation of INOGATE Country Coordinators in the Eastern Partnership 3rd Platform Meeting - Belgium 23/10/2014 - 23/10/2014 Completed Brussels (Belgium) Event
Other Event
INOGATE Annual Meeting – Brussels, 22 October 2014 22/10/2014 - 22/10/2014 Completed Brussels (Belgium) INOGATE Meetings
Event
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia – Highlights 2013 20/10/2014 - 20/10/2014 Completed Publications
Reports and Studies
INOGATE Local Information event for Azerbaijan 17/07/2014 - 17/07/2014 Completed Baku (Azerbaijan) Event
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